St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-08-11
THE NEGRO EDITORS.
They Meet and Wrangle Over
Political Matters.
And Also Pass Some Queerly Con-
structed Resolutions.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Aug. 10-The Ma
tional Colored Press association re-
sumed its session to-day, and was called
to order by w. II. Anderson in the alb
sence of President Simmons. The dis
cussions of the day brought about di-
vision as to which party the colOred
men should support. The first topic
announced for discussion was the rela-
ton of the ''Negro-American to the EX-
isting Political PARTIES" Rev. Allan
AllenSWOrth, of Louisville, opened
the discussion. He said the Amer
lean white man did not understand
the negroes position. The trouble was
that when negroes asked for legal rights
the majority of the people seemed to
think that they were asking social priv
ilegeS. The negroes should, in meas
ure. be separate from existing parties,
and teach them what the cOlOred mans
right should be. White men and cOlOred
should cultivate more friendly relations.
Colored people should not fight any
party or creed, but labor to benefit
themselves. The negroes would be a
mere cipher as an Independent party.
They should adhere to the Republican
party. If they did not like to do this
they should be ruled out. The Re
publicanS were going to take posses
sion of things again. They had merely
split over jim Blaine and the SpOilS. 1t
was their theft and dishonesty that dl-
yided them the last time. The Mug
WumpS cannot amount to much, as they
form a company of SOrehead reformerS.
There never was a reform party that
was not fraud. The negro who de-
Serts the Republican party is traitor
to the living and the dead, and 1t is
wonder the ghosts of the great departed
statesmen who founded the party donOt
come forth and confront them. ID. A.
Rudd, of the Catholic Tribune, said the
negro owed no undying allegiance to
any party. For every service the Re
publicans had done them, they have done
two in return. The negroes should be
part and parcel of no political
party that was not part and parcel of
them. He was unwilling to wear any
coat that was cut and put on him with
out his leave. Prof. p. H. Murray, of
the st. Louis Advance, stated that so
long as the negroes were regarded as the
political enemy of any party, just that
long would they have that party to fight
and oppose their interests. The negro
is not in position to dictate to any pOlit-
ical party. He criticized the st. Louis
GlObe-DemOcrat, which advocated the
unloading of the colOred men into the
Democratic party. The cOlOred mem
should support the party which is best
at the present time, not the one that was
best in the past. ''AS far as Mr.. Blaine
is concerned" said Prof. Murray, ''he
seems anxious to read the negroes out
of the party and fill up with Irish votes.
Mr.. Sherman went to Nashville and
made speech in which he
tried to coax some eX-confederates
into the party. He made another
at Springfield, in which he wanted to
read them all out of the party. AS far
as | am concerned | am tired of the
negro being a bone of contention be-
tween the two parties and this should
be read out of politics as an issue"
DIR. Rudd'S resolution indorSing the
Blair bill was indOrsed, as was one ex-
tending sympathy and greeting to Ire
land as a people, 'whO, like the negro,
have been suffering and struggling un-
der the injustice of man to man." DR..
Fitzbutler, of Louisville, chairman of
the committee on resolutions, submit
ted the following report which was
adopted:
First-We deplore the conditions that
make this convention a necessity, and while
it shall be our effort to secure equal and
common privileges for all nationalitieS i'll
places of public instruction, and demanding
as we do lndiscriminate rights on common
carriers and in places of public accommoda-
ton and entertainment, We have no other
reason to offer for the meeting of the Colored
Press association than the realization of the
privileges. pleasures and benefits that should
be common to the country regardless of ma
tiOndlitieS.
Second-The colored press can now COM
Il, OVad
listing against the colored man III the dark
shadow of American slavery, as well as the
sufferers therefrOm and therefor. None are
SO well qualified TO make an appeal against
these evils as the colored man himself. and
at the same time his honest and intelligent
effort will stand as witnesses of his native
ability, emitting him to the rights of citizen
ship.
Resolved, That we denounce the acts of
the legislatures of Indiana. Virginia, Ten
nessee and other states making intermar-
riages of the colored race with other nation
alities penal offense, especially while
crimes committed against colored women by
white men are overlooked as an unfortunate
condition over which law and public senti-
ment have no control.
Resolved, That the act recently passed by
the Georgia legislature making it felony
punishable by fine and impriSOnment for
any person to teach a colOred child in
white school or vice versa is the work of I'M
reasonable and unprincipled men who are
disgrace to the position they hold and to our
common country. Such legislation is de-
structive to nations in rebellion or in case of
war with foreign nations.
Resolved, That while organization is the
way to utilize strength, we deem it impracti-
cable to attempt a national organization of
colored people to work politically, but rather
favor the commencement of local organiZa-
tions adapted to the peculiar circumstances
of places and people.
Resolved, That the work done by the col
ored press has been of incalculable value by
placing the colored nah in a more just light
before the world, and in many instances
biased representatives Of unprincipled jour
nalists
Resolved, That we recommend the estab-
lishment of a national bureau of informa-
ton to ascertain the extent and nature of law
lessness and mob violence against colored
men and adopt means for the betterment of
the present unfortunate state OF affairs.
The following officers were elected:
president, w. ]. Simmons: of the Louis
Vile American Baptist; vice-president,
j. 81. Patton, of Nashville Free Lance:
secretary, Rev. Geo. F. Bragg, jr., of
Norfolk, Verginia, Afro-American
treasurer. Alexander Cark. of Balti-